{"id":89166,"date":"2025-01-28T05:11:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=89166"},"modified":"2025-01-28T05:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:41:35","slug":"shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/","title":{"rendered":"Shellharbour City LGA Electrification Incentives Still Up For Grabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg\" alt=\"Shellharbour City LGA Home Electrification Incentives\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New South Wales&#8217; Shellharbour City Council has reminded residents it has several rebates currently available to help support households install solar panels, batteries and selected home electrification tech.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Shellharbour City local government area (LGA) is located in the Illawarra region; approximately 100 kilometres south of Sydney&#8217;s CBD. It covers an area of around 147.4 square kilometres and is home to an estimated population close to 80,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to Council, more than 10,800 homes &#8211; approximately one third of homes within its area &#8211; have solar panels installed. These rooftop PV systems aren&#8217;t just saving the households beneath them on their electricity bills, but helping the community work towards Council&#8217;s goal of net zero emissions across the LGA by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>Sustainability-related rebates are part of Council&#8217;s efforts to achieve this.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It\u2019s important that we provide the community with opportunities to switch to cleaner, cheaper and more efficient energy solutions for the betterment of our future,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au\/council\/news-and-publications\/media-releases\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-reminder\"> Mayor Chris Homer said<\/a> last week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The following are rebates currently on offer, available for installations in the Shellharbour LGA from 1 January 2024 to 30 June 2025.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5% of the cost up to $250 is available for eligible residential rooftop installations &#8211; this is in addition to the national (and still very generous) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>5% of the installed cost up to $250 for eligible solar batteries &#8211; this is in addition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/nsw-rebate\/\">NSW home battery rebate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>5% of the installed cost up to $125\u00a0 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/\">EV chargers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>5% of the installed cost up to $250 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/hot-water\/heat-pump\/\">hot water heat pumps<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>5% of the installed cost up to $125 for induction cooktops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eligible applicants include owner occupiers, landlords and renters. All products must be installed by a licensed tradesperson and meet all necessary installation standards.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/rebately.co\/shellharbour\/\">the rebates<\/a> certainly aren&#8217;t huge<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/#en-89166-1' id='enref-89166-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(89166)'>1<\/a><\/sup>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/Environment_documents\/finalsustainabilityrebatesprogram24-25.pdf\">guidelines and application process<\/a> don&#8217;t look particularly onerous and applying could be time well spent. But note that each applicant property can only receive one rebate in the 2024\/25 round, subject to availability. The rebates can take up to 4 weeks to process from claim approval, and are issued via electronic funds transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are submitted via Rebately.co, which is a platform designed for councils across Australia to offer rebates to residents. The service was founded\/evolved with support from Sutherland Shire Council, the City of Parramatta and Randwick City Council.<\/p>\n<p>The incentives are part of a long-running effort &#8211; Council has provided financial support to the community for sustainability initiatives since 2000\/01 through its Small Environmental Projects Fund (SEPF).<\/p>\n<h2>Council&#8217;s Renewable Energy Street Cred<\/h2>\n<p>As well as encouraging local residents to make the switch to solar and home electrification, Council has been doing the same for its operations. For example, it has invested in solar power at seven Council sites, and you can see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au\/environment\/action-on-climate-change\/climate-action-council\">live output monitoring of these installations here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Council endorsed its <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/finalzeroemissionsshellharbourstrategy-adoptednovember4.pdf\"> Zero Emissions Shellharbour Strategy<\/a>, which sets a goal for net zero Council operational emissions by 2035. The organisation also intends sourcing 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by this year. The last update on this indicated Council was on track.<\/p>\n<p>Also in 2022, Council raised a few eyebrows after a motion was tabled and carried seeking to undertake an investigation and prepare a report on the potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-compulsory-solar-mb2367\/\">mandatory requirement for solar panels on new builds<\/a> within its boundaries. I haven&#8217;t trawled through subsequent meeting minutes to try and find out what happened with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New South Wales&#8217; Shellharbour City Council has reminded residents it has several rebates currently available to help support households install solar panels, batteries and selected home electrification tech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":89167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shellharbour City LGA Electrification Incentives Still Up For Grabs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NSW&#039;s Shellharbour City Council has reminded residents it has rebates available to help support households install home electrification tech.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shellharbour City LGA Electrification Incentives Still Up For Grabs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NSW&#039;s Shellharbour City Council has reminded residents it has rebates available to help support households install home electrification tech.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-27T19:41:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Shellharbour City LGA Electrification Incentives Still Up For Grabs\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-27T19:41:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":595,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; Storage News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/\",\"name\":\"Shellharbour City LGA Electrification Incentives Still Up For Grabs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-27T19:41:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"NSW's Shellharbour City Council has reminded residents it has rebates available to help support households install home electrification tech.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Shellharbour City LGA Home Electrification Incentives\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"General Solar &amp; Storage News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/solar-battery-news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Shellharbour City LGA Electrification Incentives Still Up For Grabs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Blog\",\"description\":\"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"width\":592,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"SolarQuotes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SolarQuotes\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/solar_quotes\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/solarquotes\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/au.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/solarquotes\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/SolarQuotesAustralia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\",\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Michael Bloch\"},\"description\":\"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/michael\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shellharbour City LGA Electrification Incentives Still Up For Grabs","description":"NSW's Shellharbour City Council has reminded residents it has rebates available to help support households install home electrification tech.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shellharbour City LGA Electrification Incentives Still Up For Grabs","og_description":"NSW's Shellharbour City Council has reminded residents it has rebates available to help support households install home electrification tech.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2025-01-27T19:41:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Bloch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@solar_quotes","twitter_site":"@solar_quotes","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Bloch","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1"},"headline":"Shellharbour City LGA Electrification Incentives Still Up For Grabs","datePublished":"2025-01-27T19:41:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/"},"wordCount":595,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg","articleSection":["General Solar &amp; Storage News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/","name":"Shellharbour City LGA Electrification Incentives Still Up For Grabs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-27T19:41:35+00:00","description":"NSW's Shellharbour City Council has reminded residents it has rebates available to help support households install home electrification tech.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Shellharbour City LGA Home Electrification Incentives"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates-mb3104\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Shellharbour City LGA Electrification Incentives Still Up For Grabs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","name":"SolarQuotes Blog","description":"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization","name":"SolarQuotes","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","width":592,"height":600,"caption":"SolarQuotes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/","https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1","name":"Michael Bloch","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","caption":"Michael Bloch"},"description":"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/shellharbour-sustainability-rebates.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-nca","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59151,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/shellharbour-compulsory-solar-mb2367\/","url_meta":{"origin":89166,"position":0},"title":"NSW Council Considering Compulsory Solar Panels","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"February 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Rooftop solar power systems could become a requirement on all new buildings and dwellings in the Shellharbour City local government area. Shellharbour City LGA is situated in New South Wales' Illawarra Region, about 100 kilometres south of Sydney's CBD. Covering an area of around 147 square kilometres, it's home to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Compulsory solar panels - Shellharbour","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solar-panels-shellharbour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solar-panels-shellharbour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solar-panels-shellharbour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solar-panels-shellharbour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solar-panels-shellharbour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":85272,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/isjo-solar-battery-initiative-mb2964\/","url_meta":{"origin":89166,"position":1},"title":"NSW Councils Collaborating On Home Solar And Batteries","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"July 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Wollongong City Council is teaming up with several neighbouring councils to boost local uptake of solar panels, battery systems and VPPs among households and small businesses. Kiama, Shellharbour and Shoalhaven councils are also participating in the initiative. Expressions of interest are currently being invited for delivering community bulk buy discounts\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"NSW South Coast solar initiative","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nsw-south-coast-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nsw-south-coast-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nsw-south-coast-solar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nsw-south-coast-solar.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nsw-south-coast-solar.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":67688,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nsw-councils-renewables-mb2716\/","url_meta":{"origin":89166,"position":2},"title":"NSW Councils Collaborating On Clean Power","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"November 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Shoalhaven, Kiama and Shellharbour councils have struck a deal that will provide renewables-generated electricity offsets starting next year. Through an arrangement with Flow Power, the organisations will initially purchase electricity generated by Sapphire Wind Farm near Glenn Innes, and Bomen and Cootamundra Solar Farms from January 1, 2023 for 8\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"NSW Councils renewables PPA","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nsw-councils-renewables.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nsw-councils-renewables.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nsw-councils-renewables.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nsw-councils-renewables.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nsw-councils-renewables.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31528,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-logan-council-mb1114\/","url_meta":{"origin":89166,"position":3},"title":"More Solar Power For Queensland&#8217;s Logan City Council","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"July 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Logan City Council has announced it will be installing solar panels on another five of its buildings during the 2019\/20 financial year. Logan City is a local government area (LGA) within Brisbane's metropolitan area. The LGA is home to more than 327,000 people, covers around 957 square kilometres and incorporates\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Logan City Council - solar energy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logan-city-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logan-city-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logan-city-solar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logan-city-solar.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logan-city-solar.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":68399,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/cvc-solar-battery-mb2737\/","url_meta":{"origin":89166,"position":4},"title":"Clarence Valley Council&#8217;s Big Solar + Battery Boost","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"December 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"NSW's Clarence Valley Council's impressive new solar, battery storage and EV charger installation has been completed and is operational. The $900,000 project situated at Council's Rushforth Road Works Depot in South Grafton involved an additional 110kW of rooftop solar capacity, a 200kWh battery system, a 250kVA backup generator, four electric\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"South Grafton solar + battery installation","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cvc-solar-battery.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cvc-solar-battery.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cvc-solar-battery.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cvc-solar-battery.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/cvc-solar-battery.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40267,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/horsham-community-solar-mb1548\/","url_meta":{"origin":89166,"position":5},"title":"More Community Hall Solar On The Cards In Horsham LGA","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"June 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Victoria's Horsham Rural City Council\u2019s 2020-21 Draft Budget includes cash to put solar panels on more community halls within its boundaries. Council says it has a number of small community halls for which the major operating expense is electricity. It has already installed solar panels on a number of halls\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Community hall solar in Horsham LGA, Victoria","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/solar-community-horsham.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/solar-community-horsham.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/solar-community-horsham.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/solar-community-horsham.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/solar-community-horsham.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89166"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89171,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89166\/revisions\/89171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}